by Marvin Faure
Feb 14, 2015
Top five reasons to ride the velodrome
Not everybody is lucky enough to live close to an indoor velodrome. If you do, and you haven’t yet tried it, it is time to shake...
by Marvin Faure
Jan 1, 2015
Turbo Torture
Today was to be the exquisite torture of a combined force/speed session. The bike was set up in the garage, where the temperature was o...
by Marvin Faure
Dec 17, 2014
Autumn ride
Autumn Ride It was one of those beautiful autumn days. A day when you feel lucky to be alive; a day to be embraced, a day to be seized, a d...
by Marvin Faure
Nov 30, 2014
Lacking motivation? Nine tips from Alpine Cols to help you get back on your bike.
Three years ago Marvin completed an extensive study into the motivations of amateur cyclists. Over 600 people responded to a quest...
by Marvin Faure
Oct 30, 2014
Becoming a cyclist again
In two earlier posts (The effects of detraining and A pain in the butt) I wrote about how severe sciatic pain led to me being forced to ta...
by Marvin Faure
Oct 8, 2014
Cramps – a cautionary tale
It was on the third climb that he felt the first warning signs: a fluttering in his quadriceps. At first it was a slight twitching in the fl...